David Slade Quotes
What attracted me to 'Eclipse' was that it is a great story and a tremendous challenge for me as a filmmaker.
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I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.
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If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.
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When we announced that we were going to support Bitcoin companies, we became a great lightning rod for activity and fun.
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When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memories.
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I will go to my grave being known as Marge Gunderson. It'll be on my gravestone if I have one. I don't mind that, because it was a great character.
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Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I'm not great at surfing.
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I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with.
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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The Steelers run a great organization.
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But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.
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I definitely think independent film is very exciting, and you get to sometimes take bigger risks. So that's always a challenge and something that I look forward to.
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It's not always thankless. Let's face it - it's not always thankless. I've gotten a lot of really great recognition and I've worked with amazing people.
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History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen.
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I don't buy things now, I buy plane tickets. The only thing I want is to make enough money to be able to travel with my children.
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I love writing shorter fiction.
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Elegance for one society is not elegance for another. It's in the eyes of the beholder.
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What attracted me to 'Eclipse' was that it is a great story and a tremendous challenge for me as a filmmaker.
